The naval ship HQ888 found no fragments as was earlier reported on suspicion of being part of a missing Malaysian jet, Vietnamese state news agency VNA quoted the committee as saying.

Hong Kong Air Traffic Management Division informed the committee late on Monday afternoon that a commercial aircraft spotted several large fragments off southern Vietnamese coast.

In addition, Vietnam decided Tuesday to expand the search scope from sea to inland area.

Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of staff of Vietnamese army, said Vietnam will search along two flight routes, from Hon Khoai in Ca Mau province to Ho Chi Minh City, as well as provinces in southwest, southeast and south central parts of Vietnam.

The country will deploy forces to comb mountainous and forest areas, Tuan told reporters at the National Committee for Search and Rescue.

Vietnam also ordered relevant agencies to coordinate with Cambodia and Laos in searching border areas.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 operated on a Boeing 777-200, carrying 12 crew members and 227 passengers including 154 Chinese, went missing on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the wee hours of Saturday.

VIENNA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Th 60-year old Austrian whose stolen passport caused him to be registered on seat number 26 of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has given his first interview Monday.Full Story

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia Airlines is working closely with various sides in taking care of families and crews of a missing passenger jet and cooperating with the search and rescue authorities coordinated by the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCA) and the Ministry of Transport, the company said Monday afternoon.Full Story

BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua)-- Chief of China's Maritime Search and Rescue Center He Jianzhong said Monday the country has created a plan for the search and rescue of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet.Full Story

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia Airlines' primary focus at this point is to care for the families of passengers of the missing MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the company said Monday morning in its 9th statement since the weekend disappearance of the passenger jet with 239 people aboard.Full Story